Prepare chicken and noodles:
Trim the excess fat from 3 pounds of chicken thighs (or breasts or wings) and cut them into bite-sized pieces (1 inch x 2½ inches).
Rinse the chicken in cold water and soak it for a few minutes. Drain and set aside.
Soak 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of starch noodles in cold water.
Make sauce:

Heat up a wok or a shallow skillet. Add 1-2 tbs vegetable oil.
Cut 2-3 dried red peppers into pieces ½ inch long. Add them to the heated oil and stir-fry for 10-15 seconds before taking them out.

Add the chicken.
*tip: to prevent yourself from getting burned from flying oil, first place the chicken on the edge of the pot and then push it in with a wooden spoon.
Stir the chicken with a wooden spoon a few times. Let it cook with the lid open for about 3-5 minutes.
Turn the chicken over, give it a quick stir, and let it cook with the lid open for another 3-5 minutes.
Add minced garlic and ginger and stir it for a minute.

Add the potato chunks, the sauce, and 2½-3 cups of water. Cook for 10 minutes over high heat with the lid closed.

Open the lid and add carrot and onion and continue cooking for another 10 minutes. Keep the lid open.

Turn off the heat and add 2 ts ground black pepper and 1 tbs sesame oil. Mix it together
Transfer to a serving plate and garnish with chopped green onions and sprinkle some sesame seeds over top before serving.

Directions
1. Strain the pre-soaked rice.
2. Remove the giblets from the hens and rub them with salt all over to clean them nicely. Rinse under cold running water.
2. Put the hens on the cutting board, pat dry, and remove any extra fat around the body cavities with kitchen scissors. Cut off the tips of wings if you want.
3. Stuff each hen with rice, 1 ginseng, 1 jujube, and 8 garlic cloves. Put any leftover rice in the pot.
4. Place the hens into a heavy pot. Add 8 cups of cold water, cover, and cook over medium high heat for 30 minutes. (Next time, after initial boiling, let it simmer longer for a clearer broth)
5. Turn down the heat to medium and cook another 40 minutes until the chicken, ginseng, and rice turn soft. Open up the pot from time to time and ladle some broth from the bottom over top of the chickens. If the broth evaporates too much, add more water.
6. Add black pepper, salt, and sugar if needed.
7. Add fresh chopped green onions when about to serve.

Notes
Get Rid of Chicken Skin after cooking. Nobody eats and it will eventually break up and cloud up the soup.
Tried with ginger. Very light flavor. Yum

Prepare about 2 cups of seasoned filefish. You can buy them precut in small round shapes, or you can buy big pieces and cut them into bite-sized pieces.

Rinse the fish in cold water once and drain the water. This helps to reduce the strong fish smell and clean them.

I like to add some ground onion to the sauce, so grind the onion until you get 1 Tbsp of ground onion.

In a heated pan, fry the fish for about 5 minutes on medium-high until it gets lightly golden brown. Occasionally stir it so that it will not burn.

After 5 minutes, push the fish to the end of the pan to make space to cook the sauce. Quickly add 1½ Tbsp of cooking oil, ½ Tbsp of red pepper powder, and ½ Tbsp of minced garlic. Fry for 10 seconds to get good flavor from the pepper oil and garlic. The pepper powder burns easily, so prepare your ingredients ahead of time.